ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,962, issued on March 25, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Electrical assembly" was invented by Peter Kowtun (Plymouth, Mich.) and Christopher J. Darr (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical assembly may include a housing and an inner housing. The housing may include a base and a cover. The cover may be releasably connectable to the base. The inner housing may be disposed at least partially in the housing. The inner housing may include a connection tower, which may be configured to receive at least a portion of a fastener. The cover may include a cover opening via which said fastener may be insert...